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Albert Camus Quotes - Page 4

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It is not the world that is absurd, nor human thought: the absurd arises when the human need to understand meets the unreasonableness of the world, when 'my appetite for the absolute and for unity' meets 'the

It is not the world that is absurd, nor human thought: the absurd arises when the human need to understand meets the unreasonableness of the world, when 'my appetite for the absolute and for unity' meets 'the impossibility of reducing this world to a rational and reasonable principle.'

Unity, World, Principles

To know oneself, one should assert oneself.

Motivational, Inspiring, Should

Albert Camus (1963). “Carnets: 1935-1942”

There is no shame in preferring happiness.

Shame

Believe me there is no such thing as great suffering, great regret, great memory....everything is forgotten, even a great love. That's what's sad about life, and also what's wonderful about it. There is only a way of looking at things, a way that comes to you every once in a while. That's why it's good to have had love in your life after all, to have had an unhappy passion- it gives you an alibi for the vague despairs we all suffer from.

Memories, Regret, Believe

Albert Camus (2012). “Happy Death”, p.114, Vintage

If we understood the enigmas of life there would be no need for art.

Art, Would Be, Needs

Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.

Inspirational, Encouraging, Nature

Albert Camus (2012). “Caligula and Three Other Plays”, p.104, Vintage

Imagination offers people consolation for what they cannot be, and humor for what they actually are.

Art, People, Imagination

I don't want to be a genius-I have enough problems just trying to be a man.

Men, Justice, Trying

That is love, to give away everything, to sacrifice everything, without the slightest desire to get anything in return.3

Love, Sacrifice, Giving

The innocent is the person who explains nothing

Life, Innocence, Innocent

Albert Camus (1963). “Carnets: 1935-1942”

After awhile you could get used to anything.

Used

Albert Camus (2012). “The Stranger”, p.77, Vintage

Capital punishment is the most premeditated of murders.

Punishment, Death Penalty, Murder

"Reflections on the Guillotine". Book by Albert Camus, 1957.

When I was young I asked more of people than they could give: everlasting friendship, endless feeling. Now I know to ask less of them than they can give: a straightforward companionship. And their feelings, their friendship, their generous actions seem in my eyes to be wholly miraculous: a consequence of grace alone.

Eye, People, Giving

I do not believe in God and I am not an atheist.

Atheist, Believe, Religion

Albert Camus (2006). “The fall”, Penguin Modern Classics

Judging whether life is or is not worth living amounts to answering the fundamental question of philosophy.

Suicide, Philosophy, Suicidal

Le Mythe de Sisyphe (The Myth of Sisyphus) "Absurdity and Suicide" (1942)

We have art in order not to die of life.

Art, Order, Dies

Albert Camus (2012). “The Myth of Sisyphus: And Other Essays”, p.93, Vintage

When there is no hope, one must invent hope.

No Hope

Every act of rebellion expresses a nostalgia for innocence and an appeal to the essence of being.

Essence, Innocence, Nostalgia

Albert Camus (2012). “The Rebel: An Essay on Man in Revolt”, p.105, Vintage

She was waiting, but she didn't know for what. She was aware only of her solitude, and of the penetrating cold, and of a greater weight in the region of her heart.

Heart, Waiting, Solitude

Albert Camus (1964). “The fall, & Exile and the kingdom”, Random House Inc

The society based on production is only productive, not creative.

Knowledge, Creativity, Ideas

Still, obviously, one can't be sensible all the time.

Sensible, Stills

Albert Camus (2016). “The Stranger”, p.48, Hamilton Books

There is scarcely any passion without struggle.

Struggle, Passion, Existentialism

Albert Camus (2012). “The Myth of Sisyphus: And Other Essays”, p.73, Vintage

To be happy, we must not be too concerned with others.

Happiness, Happy, Laughter

"The Fall". Book by Albert Camus, 1956.

Idleness is fatal only to the mediocre.

Retirement, Mediocrity, Mediocre

Albert Camus (2012). “Happy Death”, p.82, Vintage

Seeking what is true is not seeking what is desirable.

Life, Truth, Atheism

Albert Camus (2012). “The Myth of Sisyphus: And Other Essays”, p.41, Vintage

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